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Drum Master 1,
Well, we are both students of history, I see.

Point of fact: Avedis Zildjian 1st was not in America 400 years ago. The Zildjians never invented a story like that. Nobody has ever said he was in America 400 years ago, except you. Avedis Zildjian 1st lived and died in Turkey. No Zildjian ever came to the USA until the 1920's. So what's all this about selling cymbals to the Native Americans?

Let's get off Zildjian and talk about Paiste. In an online blurb titled "The Paiste Cymbal Alloys'"
Paiste says, "The exact sound property of the alloy is a combination of factors. The ingredient metals are a key factor . . . . The other important factors are grain size, the grain structure, and alloy hardness. These factors are determined in the casting, rolling, and annealing [heat treatment] process. They need to be fine tuned very carefully, because the wrong combination will not work . . . . Moreover, this is just the starting point. because the actual determination of cymbal sound involves the shaping (through hammering) and tapering (through lathing) of the disks into their final shapes. During this process the particular frequencies and harmonics desired in the final cymbal are selected from the vast sound potential inherent to the alloy."

I'm saying the alloy alone doesn't determine the sound, even an alloy with gold in it. There are plenty of other factors. So to get the "orgasmic" sound you heard in Turkey, you will need to duplicate more than just the alloy.